New Delhi: A majority of consumers are unhappy with their current mobile service provider and want to switch, that's what the Swayam-numvar survey conducted by IBNLive discovered. Mobile number portability (MNP) was finally launched across the country after a long wait on January 21 and telecom companies have hit the top gear in their efforts to retain existing customers and to attract new ones from other networks. In Haryana where...
05:20 PM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: After years of delays, Mobile Number Portability (MNP) will finally be available all over India from January 20. Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said, "We're very happy that we are going to launch it nationally tomorrow. It's a great step forward for the consumer. It enhances his choice." Dump your phone company. Move to a better one. But keep your present number. 700 million Indians use cell phones. With...
07:03 AM, Jan 20, 2011
San Francisco: Apple is holding talks to bring the iPhone to two of India's biggest mobile phone operators, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Apple's hit mobile device is currently available in India only through Bharti AirTel and Vodafone, whose cellular systems run on the GSM technology. But Apple is now talking with Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications to introduce the iPhone on their networks, which run on the CDMA...
04:42 PM, Oct 13, 2010
New Delhi: The third edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon was launched in New Delhi on Tuesday by Sanjay Kapoor, CEO-India, & South Asia, Bharti Airtel. The marathon is an IAAF 'Gold Label' event and will have Bollywood star Bipasha Basu as the ‘Face of Event’. The marathon was launched in the presence of Hugh Jones, General Secretary of the Association of International Marathons and Road Races (AIMS) and...
01:49 PM, Sep 23, 2010
New Delhi: A solution to security concerns on BlackBerry has to come from Research in Motion, a top Bharti Airtel executive said on Friday, adding that operators like itself can only co-ordinate efforts. Sanjay Kapoor, the mobile operator's chief executive for India and South Asia, also said he expects a reasonable solution to the standoff between India and the BlackBerry maker. Research in Motion faces an Aug 31 deadline to...
02:20 PM, Aug 20, 2010
New Delhi: The government has given Research in Motion and mobile service providers an August 31 deadline to come up with technical solutions to assuage India's security concerns over BlackBerry services. Earlier, BlackBerry maker Research in Motion skipped a crucial meeting with the government. Vodafone and Airtel were also absent at the meeting. The mobile service providers say that they were not invited to the meeting. The meeting, called to...
05:58 PM, Aug 12, 2010
New Delhi: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion skipped a crucial meeting with the government. Vodafone and Airtel were also absent at the meeting. The mobile service providers say that they were not invited to the meeting. The meeting, called to discuss India's security concerns over BlackBerry's encrypted messaging service, was supposed to last for 45 minutes, but ended in only 15 minutes. Officials from the Intelligence Bureau, National Technical Research...
01:37 PM, Aug 12, 2010
New Delhi: Continuing its acquisition spree in the international market, Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said the company will acquire 100 per cent stake in Telecom Seychelles for USD 62 million (about Rs 288 crore). The acquisition comes on heels of Bharti acquiring Zain Telecom's Africa assets for USD 10.7 billion, for which the deal was closed in June. "The Board of Directors has approved the acquisition deal on Wednesday morning,"...
01:03 PM, Aug 11, 2010
Bharti Airtel, is looking to launch Apple's iPhone 4 in India in September or October. ...
04:41 PM, Jul 19, 2010
Asks major telecom operators to complete the verification of all subscribers within a week. ...
11:40 PM, Jul 12, 2010
If India's cellular revolution is a boon to consumers, it has become a nightmare for operators. ...
07:36 PM, Jun 30, 2010
On March 30, 2010, Bharti had entered the deal to acquire Zain Telecom's operations in 15 nations. ...
03:13 PM, Jun 08, 2010
Bharti Airtel has entered into a partnership with Encyclopedia Britannica to give free access to users. ...
12:13 PM, Jun 01, 2010
Bharti will pay $9 bn to acquire Zain's African assets. ...
12:50 PM, Mar 25, 2010
Bloomberg report says Bharti Airtel board approved deal on Saturday. ...
07:50 PM, Mar 20, 2010
Outlet had got a letter from the MNS asking them to have Marathi in their IVR. ...
10:46 AM, Mar 10, 2010
He isn't walking into a park with plans to buy Zain Telecom's African business. ...
06:40 PM, Mar 07, 2010
Bharti plans to acquire $10.7 bn assets from Kuwaiti telecom company Zain. ...
07:53 PM, Feb 17, 2010
Indian company's deal valued at $10.7 billion. ...
07:26 PM, Feb 14, 2010
Warid Telecom has a mobile user base of over 2.9 million in Bangladesh. ...
06:13 PM, Jan 12, 2010
